Baton Rouge is a Nashville-themed bar in Leicester's city centre, in the Queen's Building at 41 Rutland Street (LE1 1RE), directly opposite the Curve theatre. It leans into a southern-US, country-and-covers atmosphere with in-house DJs, a live band, line dancing and karaoke, and also operates as a venue-hire space. Performances mix covers, country and pop-rock for a party crowd; the bar runs a house PA and takes both originals and covers. A polished, themed city-centre live-music and events bar rather than a stripped-back grassroots room.
41 Rutland St · Monthly on Thursdays · Free
Baton Rouge Leicester Open Mic
Leicester open mic at Baton Rouge Leicester — listed on Google Places. Schedule details below are pending venue confirmation; check the venue's own listings before turning up.
Open mic at a glance Baton Rouge Leicester · Leicester
Thursday
Open mic night
Apr 2026
Listed since
06 Aug
Last verified
Free
Entry
12 min
Slot length
Community
Listing status
Run a Leicester open mic? List it free — verified within 48 hours
Last updated: 3 June 2026
Baton Rouge Leicester Open Mic — Quick Facts
Leicester open mic at Baton Rouge Leicester — listed on Google Places. Schedule details below are pending venue confirmation; check the venue's own listings before turning up.
We need your help verifying thisWas this open mic on recently?10 seconds, no signup
The Details
Everything you need before you turn up
DayThursday
Start20:00
Sign-up19:30 walk-in
Slot length12 min
EntryFree · 18+
Capacity–
Performer typesMusic
Sound engineerBYO / hire on the night
View on map
Where
Baton Rouge LeicesterQueen's Building, 41 Rutland St
41 Rutland St
Leicester LE1 1RE
41 Rutland St, Leicester — check venue website for parking and nearest station.
Highlights
Free entry for all
PA system provided
Walk-in sign-up
Music welcome
How do you rate this open mic?One tap, no sign-up required.
Spotted something wrong with this listing?Closed, moved night, different start time? Let us know and we'll re-verify within 48 hours.
What’s on in Leicester this week — or see what’s on across the UK.
About Baton Rouge Leicester
About This Open Mic
Monthly on Thursdays in 41 Rutland St, Leicester
Kicks off at 20:00, sign-up from 19:30
Free entry for performers and audience
12-minute slots
PA provided — BYO instrument
Part of the Leicester open mic directory
The Night
Baton Rouge sits in the Queen's Building on Rutland Street in Leicester's Cultural Quarter, a New Orleans-themed bar with two large stages. Its open mic has run on the third Thursday of every month from 8pm, hosted by musical duo Jack & Tasha, welcoming all genres and abilities - a PA and microphones are provided, so just bring your instrument, and sign-ups are taken at the start of the session. Free to play. Re-checked in August 2026 we could not confirm the night is still running: the venue's own site now describes itself as available by booking only plus selected public event dates, so check before travelling.
What's on stage — equipment and backline at this venue, verified regularly.
PA + monitors
Drum kit
Guitar amp
Bass amp
Keys / keyboard
Vocal mics
In-house engineer
The Night at a Glance
How Baton Rouge Leicester’s Thursday night runs.
19:30Sign-up
20:00Kick-off
Monthly on Thursdays 12-min slots Free entry
Find Baton Rouge Leicester
Queen's Building, 41 Rutland St, 41 Rutland St, Leicester LE1 1RE
Planning Your Thursday Night
Arrive by 19:30 to sign up for a slot. Entry is free and the open mic typically runs until late. A PA is provided — bring your own instrument and amp.
Part of the Leicester live music scene.
What should you charge for paid gigs?Most open mic musicians are ready for paid work sooner than they think. Check live UK rates by role, city, and venue size.
Try the Rate CalculatorCommon Questions
Seven things people ask before turning up at Leicester's Baton Rouge Leicester open mic.
Walk-in sign-up only, opens at 19:30. Arrive early — slots fill on the night. See other Leicester open mic nights for alternatives.
PA + vocal mic provided. BYO instrument and amp.
12 minutes per act — typically 3 songs solo.
Yes — free entry for performers and audience. Most Leicester mics are free; browse the list.
Solo and duo acts work best given the gear available; ask the host before bringing a full band.
Queen's Building, 41 Rutland St, 41 Rutland St, Leicester LE1 1RE.
Mostly fellow musicians, friends and Leicester regulars across the Leicester open mic scene. Leicester open mic crowds tend to listen attentively.
Keep up with Leicester
One email a week with live music near you. Free, and it keeps grassroots rooms full.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Leicester
—A UK venue stops hosting live music every 5 days — and turning up is what keeps a room open. Get a free weekly email of gigs in Leicester. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.
See what’s on in Leicester over the next four weeks →
Booking or playing in Leicester? The GX Index publishes what UK gigs actually pay, by city, band size and venue type, and the GX Index reports set out the methodology and the sample behind every figure. Both are free to read and free to cite.
Keep exploring: the UK gig directory for what's coming up, the venue directory for rooms that book live music, the open mic finder for recurring stage time, and what's on across the UK this week. The blog covers pricing, contracts and getting booked, and about GigXchange explains who runs it and why. Something not right on this page? Tell us — or start on the home page.
Run an open mic in Leicester?
Add yours to the directory free. 2-minute submission, verified within 48 hours. Reach 1,000+ Leicester musicians.
Looking for paid gigs, not open mics?